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Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2025 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword August 2 2025 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 128 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sounds like you see beefcake as being like tinned pineappleCHUNKS6Across1 Arctic inhabitantESKIMO6Across1 FeelingSENSE5Across4 WeddingMARRIAGE8Across7 RubberERASER6Across7 In all a nice combinationALLIANCE8Across7 Homework of the school kindPREP4Across8 VisageFACE4Across8 SparBOX3Across9 American stateOREGON6Across10 He doubted the possibility of getting zero in mathsTHOMAS6Across10 ResinLAC3Across10 Mother, sayPARENT6Across11 Writer using a crib, in a waySCRIBE6Across11 ResponseREPLY5Across12 AppearSEEM4Across13 Was supported at the bottomSAT3Across14 PermitLET3Across14 CringeCOWER5Across15 A disc held out wrongly can be damagedHOLED5Across16 Multiplied byTIMES5Across16 Still gives Guinevere a bit of backingEVEN4Across17 ConsumesEATS4Across17 CalmSERENE6Across17 A small role that came to nothingCAMEO5Across19 JobTASK4Across19 Broom of twigsBESOM5Across19 LariatLASSO5Across20 More sensible form of snareSANER5Across21 Electricity supplyPOWER5Across21 To fatherBEGET5Across22 He-man, this flier?HERON5Across22 BrownTAN3Across22 WhipLASH4Across23 Every cruiser needs one, we hearCREW4Across23 LingeredHOVERED7Across24 StudentPUPIL5Across26 A big thing in dentistryMOLAR5Across26 MaleMAN3Across27 TaxiCAB3Across28 StadiumARENA5Across28 Snake boasting no power to hurtBOA3Across28 Handsome young manADONIS6Across29 Boy hiding a book suitable for adultsEROTIC6Across29 Hair colourAUBURN6Across30 Extra large car partBUMPER6Across30 Soldiers in continuous retreat?UNIT4Across31 WorryFRET4Across31 Prima donnaDIVA4Across31 Food calling for some discussion in partsBISCUITS8Across32 BullfighterTOREADOR8Across32 SaidSTATED6Across33 ShellfishOYSTER6Across33 Argue with the old witch with the broken legHAGGLE6Across33 GuideSTEER5Across35 DesireWILL4Across37 SwimBATHE5Across38 ImmerseDIP3Across39 FinishEND3Across41 RelegateDEMOTE6Across42 IntendedMEANT5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Semi-feline beasts?CATTLE6Down1 Disclose, revealEXPOSE6Down1 ShipVESSEL6Down1 Historic conqueror of the wild Roman northNORMAN6Down2 Mental picturesIMAGES6Down2 FondleCARESS6Down2 SolidifyGEL3Down3 PortentOMEN4Down3 Mugs in military engineering?SAPS4Down3 TenderSORE4Down4 Is hurling his sport?PITCHER7Down4 OriginatorCREATOR7Down4 ApplyEXERT5Down5 Smith's property in the blockANVIL5Down5 SeraglioHAREM5Down5 VendorSALESMAN8Down6 Allowed to be seeded, being soundCEDED5Down6 Men's public lavatoryGENTS5Down6 Matted fabricFELT4Down8 RushRACE4Down8 The poise I'm lacking to be a modelPOSE4Down8 CribCOT3Down9 The poet Laureate has to do soEAT3Down9 SatisfiedCONTENTED9Down11 Raised edgeRIM3Down12 Fictional character, an Australian bounderROO3Down12 Clangorous beauty?BELLE5Down13 RequirementsNEEDS5Down13 NetworkMESH4Down14 Not as manyFEWER5Down15 A good man can get aheadCANON5Down15 SportWEAR4Down16 ChamberROOM4Down18 What a motorist can use when a visitor's lost itVISOR5Down18 In a normal voiceALOUD5Down18 It may turn turtle in a raceCAR3Down19 Wet spongy groundBOG3Down19 They have many points on the board, perhapsMEN3Down20 HardenSET3Down20 Turn onACTIVATE8Down21 Aquatic birdPELICAN7Down21 Rose is staggering round the bend, but soberSERIOUS7Down21 Somewhat like a pork pie, for instanceHAT3Down22 Rubbish holderBIN3Down22 TagsLABELS6Down23 TidyNEAT4Down23 Arriving in company with an old ChineseCOMING6Down23 Transported a replacement partRAPT4Down24 AdjoinABUT4Down24 UrnVASE4Down25 Desire for foodHUNGER6Down25 Sing like a birdWARBLE6Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 BeanoPARTY5Down26 Peachy old prima donna?MELBA5Down26 So Leo can get freeLOOSE5Down27 Rains heavilyPOURS5Down27 TykeCUR3Down28 Rabbit food?BUN3Down28 ReviserEDITOR6Down29 Former president having America at heart?BUSH4Down30 HairstyleAFRO4Down30 CombinedALLIED6Down30 PaleASHEN5Down32 ParchedARID4Down34 MarqueeTENT4Down36 FavouritePET3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Saturday, August 2, 2025. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.